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A pump which fits the valves on your bicycle's inner tubes. The most convenient to carry is a mini-pump, which will fit in a bag on the bicycle, or clip to the bicycle frame. The smaller ones which you can carry with you are less prone to theft. Larger ones pump faster. There are two types of tire valves, and pump fittings. Make sure that your pump works with the type of valves on your tires.

If the bicycle has a rim brake, the brake needs to have a quick-release or adjuster so you can spread the brake arms apart and get a deflated inner tube past a brake shoe without removing the wheel. Most bicycles have some means to to open the brake without using tools, or you might need a multi-tool. Also see comments below in the section on removing the wheel..

* A tool kit including:

Tire levers, which come in sets of 3, with a rounded business end, and a bent, hooked end for hooking onto a spoke. Newer ones are of fiber-reinforced plastic. For very tight-fitting tires, you need tire levers with thin ends. (Later in this article, there is a more detailed description of tire-lever options.)

A patch kit, which contains patches, special rubber cement for the patches and a small piece of sandpaper.

These are enough to repair most flats -- and this is possible without removing the wheel, more convenient on some bicycles which do not have quick-release wheels.

If removing and replacing the wheel is easy, replacing the inner tube is faster than patching it., but you'll need a spare inner tube. (The one shown, like most with Presta valves, was sold with a small knurled nut screwed onto the valve stem, but I'm not in favor of bolting down the valve stem, so I removed the nut in protest!)

You'll need wrench to remove and replace the wheels if they are held on by nuts. A 6-inch adjustable wrench will also turn other nuts on your bicycle. See our Tool Tips article on Adjustable Wrenches.

Anti-theft skewers require a special wrench -- there are too many varieties to show here.

Adding a multi-tool with Allen wrenches and screwdriver blades will usually let you remove and replace an internal-gear hub or a brake with a reaction arm -- but take your bicycle into the bike shop to check on what tools you need.

Adding a tire boot -- a piece cut out of an old tire -- to the patch kit allows a temporary repair of a gashed tire.

* Carrying Tools